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Let the games begin

City leaders, residents commemorate first phase of Bernal Community Park

Mayor Jennifer Hosterman was all smiles before throwing out the symbolic first pitch with other City Councilmembers on one of the new ball fields at Bernal Community Park. A public dedication of the park was held on Saturday. Photos by Dino Vournas for the City of Pleasanton.

City leaders and residents gathered Saturday to dedicate the highly-anticipated opening of the first phase of the Bernal Community Park.

According to city spokeswoman Joanne Hall, approximately 400 people turned out to the special event, which included a ribbon-cutting, hot dogs, popcorn and ice cream, and baseball exhibition games by local Little League teams.

Phase 1 of the project came in $1 million under budget and is the beginning of what will eventually become a 50-plus acre sports park that is incorporated within the 318-acre overall park.

According to Hall, over the past 18 months, the project team turned dust into diamonds by: